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📢Upcoming Training & Workshops 🚀 Looking to sharpen your skills in teaching and learning? Join our latest training sessions, covering innovative teaching methods, digital tools, and AI in education. 📅 Check the full schedule & register here: cilt.uct.ac.za/webinars-train… #CILT

Invest in research to fuel the breakthroughs needed to End TB. We need improved TB drugs, more sensitive and accurate TB diagnostic tools and a TB vaccine which prevents TB. This will only come about by increased investment in TB research. Stop TB Partnership UCT Health Sciences UCT IDM

#BrainAwarenessWeek2025 The HIV Mental Health Research Unit at UCT Neuroscience Institute focuses on the neurobiology of HIV-associated brain disease and psycho-social and behavioural aspects for people living with #HIV neuroscience.uct.ac.za/research-resea… UCT Research UCT

The Neurogenomics Lab at UCT Neuroscience Institute is working to expand our understanding of neuromuscular disorders in African populations and transforming patient care by improving access to genomic testing. neuroscience.uct.ac.za #BrainAWarenessWeek2025 UCT UCT Research

Colleagues from UCT School of Public Health participated at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections #CROI2025 in San Francisco. The value of HIV research in saving lives was highlighted, amidst the devastating funding cuts facing research UCT Health Sciences UCT CIDER, School of Public Health, UCT

PEPFAR funding to South Africa constitutes around 18% of the country’s HIV response, but we can turn the crisis of funding cuts into an opportunity suggests Linda-Gail Bekker of Desmond Tutu Health Foundation news.uct.ac.za/article/-2025-…

Latest research published by South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative reporting results from the Phase 2a MTBVAC TB Vaccine trial study conducted appearing in the eBioMedicine – The Lancet Discovery Science. UCT IDM UCT Health Sciences Carlos Martin sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Join us for a hybrid webinar on Thursday, 20 March at 2 PM (SAST). Dr Tim Wells, CSO at Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) will present on new medicines for malaria control and elimination. In Cape Town? Join us in-person at the Wolfson Lecture Theatre at UCT IDM . lnkd.in/d44fsa2b

🌟 REMINDER: Inaugural Lecture – Prof. Mignon McCulloch 🌟 Join us for an insightful talk by Prof. McCulloch, expert in Paediatric Nephrology & Transplantation. 🌍 🗓️ 27 March 2025 | ⏰ 17:30 SAST 👉 RSVP now! 📩 shorturl.at/HNMAK #UCTInauguralLecture

Join Professor Mignon McCulloch at the next #UCTInauguralLecture, titled “First Aid for Kids Kidneys in Africa and Beyond”. The lecture will take place on Thursday, 27 March 2025 at 17:30 SAST in the New Learning Centre Lecture Theatre, Anatomy Building, Health Sciences campus.

TB, HIV & diabetes comorbidity is a serious challenge in SA. UCT researchers are advancing TB diagnosis, vaccines & treatment for at-risk groups. Read more: health.uct.ac.za/news-publicati… #WorldTBDay

TB remains a global threat, with SA among the hardest hit. UCT researchers are using gene editing, drug discovery & new treatments to fight TB. Read more: health.uct.ac.za/news-publicati… #WorldTBDay

The streaming link for Professor Mignon McCulloch's Inaugural Lecture is now available: bit.ly/prof-mcculloch… Streaming begins at 17:30.

LEADING KILLER | While TB is curable, diagnosing and treating it can be tricky. In this week's newsletter, we focus on the centuries-old TB bacteria: shorturl.at/UoDc5 Join our mailing list: shorturl.at/Ntzoa

📢 Join us for the PGHSSC Meet & Greet! 🎉 📅 Friday, 04 April 2025 📍 Barnard Fuller Building – MAC Club ⏰ 4 PM until late Meet your council, connect with fellow students, and enjoy free food & drinks! Don’t miss out on this exciting evening! #UCTHealthSciences #MeetAndGreet

The Faculty of Health Sciences will be hosting its annual Open Day on Saturday, 12 April 2025 on our campus in Anzio Road, Observatory. Dr Kerrin Begg, the Deputy Dean for Undergraduate Education, invites you. Register here: forms.office.com/r/SZnteykbsv

“Having an open mind and an open heart is so important. Be willing to learn from others and take on new perspectives.” - Omphile Vilakazi, MBChB in Medicine & Surgery student. Share your #MondayMotivation with us.

Congratulations to Emerita Prof Valerie Mizrahi who was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, announced last night! amacad.org/new-members-20… UCT IDM UCT UCT Research

Would you have guessed that couple communication plays a critical role with managing type 2 diabetes? According to recent research good communication between two partners improves self-diabetes management, which improves overall health outcomes. news.uct.ac.za/article/-2025-…

In the wake of #nationalimmunizationweek we focus on the work of VACFA : an organisation at UCT that prides itself on serving as the bridge between research and translation. UCT Research news.uct.ac.za/news/research-…